{"id":"res-pm-competitor-feature-check","audience":"product-managers","category":"research","technique":"grounding","title":"Fill in a competitor feature check from dated notes","free":false,"task":"You're updating the competitive section of a product review for your invoicing app. You want exactly 4 numbered lines, one per feature, in the form \"Feature: Yes/No/Unknown (source, date)\" for the competitor Billwise, using the newest official source for each and Unknown when no official source covers it. Plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Your competitor notes on Billwise (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BILLWISE - competitive notes (features we're tracking)\n\nRecurring invoices\n- Billwise help center (Mar 2025): \"Recurring invoices are coming soon.\"\n- Billwise release notes (Aug 2026): \"Recurring invoices now available on all plans.\"\n\nMulti-currency\n- Billwise pricing page (Oct 2026): \"Multi-currency available on Pro plan.\"\n\nClient portal\n- Sales rep on a call (Sept 2026): \"We're thinking about a portal next year.\"\n- No official page mentions a client portal.\n\nLate payment reminders\n- Billwise help center (Jan 2024): \"Automatic late reminders available.\"\n- Billwise release notes (June 2026): \"We've removed automatic late reminders; use our new Workflows add-on instead.\"\n\nNote: Billwise just raised prices (heard from a customer, not confirmed).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using old sources","why":"Older help center pages contradict newer release notes, and the AI may pick the first one listed.","fix":"Say: \"Use the newest official source for each feature.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Counting a sales comment","why":"A rep saying 'next year' isn't a feature, but the AI may mark it Yes or No.","fix":"Add: \"If no official source covers it, write Unknown.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Leaving out dates","why":"Without the source date, readers can't tell how current each answer is.","fix":"Show it: \"Format: Feature: Yes (release notes, Aug 2026).\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more lines, one per feature than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 4 numbered lines, one per feature.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in the product review doc.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Picks the newest source","patterns":["newest","latest","most recent"]},{"label":"Requires official sources","patterns":["official","unknown","not (a )?sales (rep|comment)"]},{"label":"Gives the line shape","patterns":["yes/no","source, date","\\(source","format"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(line|feature)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Competitor features change, and sales chatter isn't proof. Tell the AI which source wins, what counts as official, and to show the source date.","rubricLabels":["Recurring invoices is Yes (Aug 2026 release notes, not the 2025 'coming soon') and multi-currency is Yes (Oct 2026 pricing page)","Client portal is Unknown (only a sales rep comment) and late payment reminders is No (removed per June 2026 release notes, not the 2024 help center)","Outputs only the 4 lines with a source and date on each Yes/No line: no intro, no comment on pricing, no strategy advice"]}